Death comes for everyone, even Drake Chandali. The aging process that twists all unmated dragon shiftersā bodies into something useless has taken hold of his body centuries early. A mate could have reversed the process, but now itās too late. To protect his team of enforcers, he leaves, and comes face-to-face with the woman heād thought was human when he saved her from a fire months before. Except sheās not human. Sheās a mate. Camilla Carrillo almost lost her family to wildfire. To discover sheās fated to mate a creature made of flame and rage, and become one herself, should be terrifying. But somehow a rightness settles inside her, especially when sheās around the glowering red dragon shifter who wants nothing to do with her. When Drake learns Cami bears his markāthe same mark as the High Kingāhe refuses to believe sheās meant to be his. Itās too late. How could he turn Cami only to take her with him to the grave? At the same time, he canāt walk away. Hiding her from the corrupt, rotting High King might be the last honorable thing Drake ever does with the little time he has left.